Fathers Hopes Fade as Army Navy Need More Men
Maj. Gen. Hershey told Congress the Army and Navy require 1 221 000 more soldiers and sailors in the last four months of 1943 with only 775 000 non fathers available. The gap 446 000 must come from 5 586 000 married men with children while pressures to delay inductions are rebuffed. The Navy plans 533 000 drafts as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Navy
Salerno
Washington
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Hershey
Senate Military Committee
Selective Service
Wheeler
D-Mont
West Coast
Holman
Rore
Truman Committee
Randall Jacobs
Potomac Edison Honors Two Local Workers at Gala
Mrs Gladys B D Wright and George W Bayliss were inducted into Potomac Edison System Quarter Century Club at the dinner in Hagerstown on September 10. Also honored were other area residents and John L Fritts of Millville with a 30 year service award. Club members total 113 including 108 men and 5 women. Jared E Dawson of Cumberland was re elected president as officers and directors were re confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Power Company
Gladys B. D. Wright
George W. Bayliss
Potomac Edison System
Quarter Century Club
Hagerstown
Winchester
John L. Fritts
Millville
P. E
Jared E. Dawson
Cumberland
Allied Bombers Strike Nantes and Paris in Night Assaults
Allied heavy bombers led by American Fortresses, Liberators, and Marauders, escorted by Thunderbolts, attacked Nantes and Paris area targets in two dusk raids, hitting naval installations, airfields, and tire factories. RAF bombs also struck Berlin and Montlucon as London reports say Mosquitoes attacked the German capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Hill
London
Hitler
Europe
Nantes
France
Loire
RAF
Berlin
Montlucon
Vichy
Germany
Air Ministry
Chartes
Munich
Paris
Caudron-Renault
Frederick L. Anderson
U. S
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command
Kin Testimony On Insanity Claim In Clatterbuck Murder Trial
Leesburg Virginia September 16 testifying defense offers Clatterbuck family members to support insanity claim for Thomas William Clatterbuck charged with murder. Brothers parents and wife discuss his finances religion and a change in behavior earlier this year linked to debts and the June 1 killings on the Love farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. DeJarnette
DeJarnette Sanatorium
Staunton
Mredith
John Clatterbuck
William
Earl
A. Morris Love Farm
Here
Clatterbuck
Frances Clatterbuck
Russians Aiming Main Thrust At Cutting Railway
Soviet dispatches report Soviet forces capturing Novorossisk and pressing toward the Dnieper as Red Army columns advance across central Ukraine. Nezhin fallen. Stalin hails it as a key German defense center on the road to Kiev with thousands dead and prisoners taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Nezhin
Kiev- Poltava-Lozovaya
Dnieper
Red Army
Kiev-Poltava-Lozovaya
Stalingrad
Joseph Stalin
Seventeen Miners Trapped 5000 Feet Down in Kentucky Mine
Seventeen miners were trapped five thousand feet underground after an explosion closed a tunnel at the Three Point coal mine near Harlan Kentucky. Rescue was led by James Bryson and state mine inspectors as officials held back names until fate was known. nearly two hundred other miners were on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Three Point
Three County Men Register for Selective Service
As of September 15, three county men reaching 18 registered this month with the County Selective Service. They are Allen Bond Jr of Winchester Virginia Tracey Delbert Fink of Stephens City and Dallas High Himelright of Clearbrook. Also note a Bingo event hosted by Rouss Fire Co with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Bond, Jr
Rt. 2
Winchester
Tracey Delbert Fink
Stephens City
Dallasigh Himelright
Clearbrook
Public urged to buy bonds on Salerno Day
Virginia War Finance Committee and Winchester Frederick Third War Loan Committee promote a Sept 17 bond drive with the slogan Back the Attack At Salerno. Ted R Gamble cites American troops in Salerno and Chateau Thierry as rallying points. Retail Merchants Association bond auction planned Oct 2 and booth duty Oct 4. Public booth sales reach 75 725. B N B Rith reports bonds ordered for 3650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salerno
Virginia War Finance Committee
Winchester and Frederick
Retail Merchants Association
B’nai B’rith
Two Building Permits Issued in Winchester
City records show two building permits issued in Winchester, one for a garage and one for a concrete block foundation, totaling $203. McVicar cites war-time limits of $200 for ordinary building and allows up to $5,000 for essential-manufacturer projects. Farmers may exceed limits where conservation requires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Es P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
McVicar
Wanted Painters Apply at Martinsburg Hospital Office
Employment notice calling for painters at the Newton D. Baker General Hospital on Rt. 9 Martinsburg West Virginia. Applicants should report to the employment office between 7 and 10 a m with a small indication of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
ABC Revenue In This Area Totals 62188
The city of Winchester and Clarke and Frederick counties received checks totaling 621,?88.05 from liquor sales profits in the past year. Winchester's share rose to 24502.87 from 19321.32, Clarke county to 11253.69 from 8873.93, and Frederick to 26800.00 from 20842.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
Winchester
Clarke and
Frederick
Saltoases
Clarke County
Frederick Oae
Question Mark Hovering Over Search For Cash
Washington reports a major wartime revenue bill faces delay as hearings are postponed indefinitely. Chairman Doughton and Treasury officials clash over a new tax measure likely to raise rates, with Republicans blaming White House discord for the stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Reed
New York
Congressman And Five Indicted In War Contract Case
A federal grand jury indicted Representative James M. Curley and five others on 21 counts of mail fraud in a scheme tied to Engineers Group Inc. The defendants, officers of the firm, allegedly posed as experienced engineers to obtain war contracts, receiving retainer fees up to 9000 and commissions up to eight percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James M. Curley
D.-Mass
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Engineers Group, Inc
Chicago
Boston
Curley
Massachusetts
Democratic National Committee
Citizens urged to save fats for explosives
Mayor Anderson received a War Production Board appeal urging Winchester residents to salvage household fats for explosives. With fat collection dwindling due to gasoline shortages, fats should be shipped to nearest rendering firms. Payment offered: 5 cents per pound from publishers and grocers receive 4 cents per pound. firms named include Frank E. Brown Roanoke Lynchburg Rendering Co. Norton and Co. Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
War Production Board
Winchester
WPB
Virginia
Frank E. Brown
Roanoke
Lynchburg
War bonds display and rally raise local interest
A 70 yen war bond from the Southwest Pacific is on display at Farmers and Merchants Bank, sent by Alfred F. Krieger to E. E. Harbaugh. Lt Jameson Dowdy and Cpl Mary Hayman attended a large bond rally in Middleburg where $2,000 in bonds were sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Southwest Pacific
Alfred F. Krieger
Fredericksburg
E. E. Harbaugh
Winchester
Jameson Dowdy
WAC
Mary Hayman
Middleburg
Vatican feels German advance tightens Vatican controls
A Lausanne Gazette dispatch from Geneva reports German troops arming Vatican City with anti tank guns and machineguns to bar entry and exit. Parachute guards surround St Peter and Colonnades while Italian troops guard Marchers and workers in Transtevere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Lausanna
Vatican City
St. Peter’s Square
Basilica
Proper
Holy See
St. Peter’s
Lausanne
Tiber River
Rome
Tivoli
Allied Fifth Army Holds Salerno Beachhead
Lt Gen Mark W Clark declared the Salerno beachhead secure and vowed no ground would be given up. He noted the British Eighth Army's advance and announced an offensive in the southern bridgehead to push Germans back north of Altavilla after four days of defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Salerno
Clark
Eighth Army
Sele
Calore
Altavilla
Allies drive toward Lae as jungle fighting intensifies
Allied forces push through Lae area defenses in New Guinea with Australian and American units breaching pillboxes and trenches. Markham Valley gains reported as three plantations captured while Lae base and Ham a Bay air and shipping targets faced heavy bombardment. New Bougainville air losses added to recent Pacific setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
Malahang
Markham Valley
Aidbome
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Hansa Bay
Gg Ee Gee
South Pacific
Solomons
Kahili
Bougainville
Germans Driven Back By Wes Gallagher In Salerno Front
Allied forces from the Fifth Army and Montgomery's Eighth Army push the Germans back from the Salerno area eight miles from the sea in the largest Mediterranean battle to date. Reinforcements and air support flood the bridgehead as General Clark orders troops to hold at all costs amid heavy bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Sele
Calore
Altavilla
British Broadcasting Corporation
NBC
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Sapri
Salerno
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Middle East
Clark
Limited Winter Turf Seed Available by Bar Seed Co Winchester
Winchester seed firm announces limited supply of winter turf seed and oats seed offered by Bar Seed Company. Production details and exact quantities are not specified in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Wanted six men at once no experience needed
Help wanted notice seeking six men immediately with no experience required. The ad requests applicants who are "ee ee ee son" and is dated 9 14 1991.
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Gen’ Hershey
Wright
G. W. Bayliss
Potomac Edison Co
England
Claferbuck
Moscow
Bryansk
Bulletin
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Caucasus
Monitor
Marshal Stalin
Rouss Fire CO
Chateau Thierry
Frederick and
Clarke
Vatican
MacArthur
Wes Gallagher
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